G. G. Weix (Assistant Professor, Anthropology), Director
Women's Studies, as an
interdisciplinary academic discipline,
focuses on women's experience in the
analysis of human culture, examines the
contributions and status of women, and
explores the dynamics of sex roles and
gender ideals past and present. The
curriculum provides options for studying
women's cultural, historical, and
contemporary lives through a range of
courses crosslisted with other departments, such as anthropology, communication studies, English, foreign
languages and literatures, history, Native
American studies, philosophy,
psychology, sociology and others.
Women's Studies explore topics such as
the experience of women and gender
relations in various periods of history
and cultures; women and artistic
expressions; the impact of race,
ethnicity, class, age, and sexual
orientation on women's lives; sex roles
and differences in political, economic,
legal, and social status; and biological,
sociological and psychological
influences on women and gender.
The program is administered by the
director in consultation with the
Women's Studies Steering Committee,
an interdisciplinary group of faculty with
teaching and research interests in
women. Students may choose an
emphasis in Women's Studies within the
Liberal Studies major (see Liberal
Studies). To be admitted to the program,
students register with the Women's
Studies advisor, who will explain
emphasis requirements and supervise
their program. The following requirements must be met (not necessarily in
sequence):
- Completion of Liberal Studies core
curriculum.
- Completion of Phil 109H.
- A minimum of 32 credits of course
work in relevant, advisor-approved
courses numbered above 299. At least
18 of those credits must be from Group
I, "focus" courses; the other 14 credits
may be from Group II, "significant
content" courses. Each semester a list of
cognate "focus" and "content" courses is
published at pre-registration by the
Women's Studies program office, LA
138A, 243-2584. Typical choices are
listed below, but may vary from year to
year.
Group I: Focus Courses
Anth 327S Anthropology of Gender
Art 405H Women Artists and Art
History
Biol 495* Gender and Science
Comm 380 Gender and
Communication
Comm 495* Seminar in Feminist Rhetoric
Enlt 321-324* Women's Literature
Enlt 422* Theoretical Approaches to
Women's Literature
Enlt 430* Studies in Comparative
Wormen's Literature
Fren 495* French Women in Writing
Hist/LS 370H Women in America: to
the Civil War
Hist/LS 371H Women in America:
Civil War to the Present
Hist 495* Special Topics: Women in
History
LS 330L Classics by Women Writers
LS/FLLG 395* Women in Antiquity
LS 461*/Enlt 421* Feminist Criticism
Mgmt 495* Women and Business
NAS 342H Native American Women
Phil 429E Feminist Ethics
Phil/EVST 504* Ecofeminism
PSc 395* Women's Human Rights:
International and Comparative
Perspectives
Psyc 355 Psychology of Sex Roles
RS 370* Mysticism: Women Mystics
SW 395* Domestic Violence; Women
and the Politics of Welfare; Women and
Social Action in the Americas
Soc 475 Gender, Economy and Social
Change
Group II: Content Courses
AAS 325 Sexism and Racism
AAS 326 Violence and Nonviolence in
Human Relationships
AAS 327 African American Family
Anth 330H Peoples and Cultures of the
World
Anth 340H Cultures of Asia
Anth 430 Social Anthropology
Dan 334 20th Century Dance
Enlt 301* Applied Literary Criticism
Enlt 321-324* Literature (with content
on women)
Enlt/NAS 329 Native American
Literature
Enlt 395* Gay and Lesbian Literature
Fren 311L French Literature:
Medieval, Renaissance, and 17th
Century
Germ 441 19th Century German
Literature
Hist 300 The Historian's Craft
Hist 387 Iran Between Two
Revolutions
Hist 388H Women and Ethnic
Minorities in the Middle East
Hist 394 Modernity and Identity in
Latin America
Hist 395* Families in Early America
LS 395* Lesbian and Gay Studies
LS461/Enlt 421* 20th Century Critical
Theory
Phil 477 Philosophy of Society and
Culture
Phil 501* Challenges to the Authority
of Science
Phil 502 Philosophy of Law
PSc 343 Politics of Social Movements
PSc 355 Politics and Culture
Psyc 385 Psychology of Family
Violence
SW 410E Ethics and the Helping
Professions
Soc 322 Sociology of Poverty
Soc 324 Family and Deviant Behavior
Soc 370SSociology of International
Development
Soc/For 424 Social Forestry
Soc 470 Society and Environment
*These are generic courses. The
specific course focus must be on women,
as listed here. Check with the Women's
Studies director before enrolling.
Other courses not listed here may be
applied toward the emphasis if approved
by the Women's Studies director.
Women's Studies
Steering Committee
Professors
Betsy Bach, Ph.D., University of
Washington, 1985 (Communication
Studies)
Mary Birch, M.S.W., Columbia
University, 1966 (Social Work)
Bari Burke, J.D., University of
California, Davis, 1979 (Law)
Juliette Crump, M.A., George Washington University, 1975 (Dance)
Maureen Curnow, Ph.D., Vanderbilt
University, 1975 (French)
Lynne Koester, Ph.D., University of
Wisconsin, Madison, 1976 (Psychology)
Kay Unger, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins
University, 1974 (Economics)
Katherine Weist, Ph.D., University of
California, Berkeley, 1970
(Anthropology)
Lois Welch, Ph.D., Occidental
College, 1966 (English)
Associate Professors
Jill Belsky, Ph.D., Cornell University,
1991 (Sociology)
Christine Fiore, Ph.D., University of
Rhode Island, 1990 (Psychology)
Linda Rutland Gillison, Ph.D.,
University of Minnesota, 1975 (Classics
and Liberal Studies, Visiting)
Jocelyn Siler, M.F.A., The University
of Montana, 1977 (English)
Deborah Slicer, Ph.D., University of
Virginia, 1989 (Philosophy)
Rita Sommers-Flanagan, Ph.D., The
University of Montana, 1989
(Educational Leadership)
Assistant Professors
Elizabeth Ametsbichler, Ph.D.,
University of Maryland at College Park,
1992 (German)
Barbara Andrew, Ph.D. State
University of New York at Stonybrook,
1997 (Liberal Studies/Philosophy)
Virginia Carmichael, Ph.D., Rice
University, 1991 (English)
Janet Finn, Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1995 (Social Work)
Sara Hayden, Ph.D., University of
Minnesota, 1993 (Communication
Studies)
Anya Jabour, Ph.D., Rice University,
1995 (History)
Veronica Stewart, Ph.D., State
University of New York at Stony Brook,
1990 (English)
Pamela Voekel, Ph.D., University of
Texas, 1997 (History)
Jennifer Waltz, University of Washington, 1993 (Psychology)
G.G. Weix, Ph.D., Cornell University,
1990 (Anthropology)
Instructor
Judith Johnson, M.F.A., The
University of Montana, 1990 (Liberal
Studies, Visiting)
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